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Jesuit priest, editor in chief at @americamag. Trying to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them—and to hear the same.
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The lament and hope of Babylon

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By Sam Sawyer Verified
| America Magazine Verified
Overview: Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time A Reflection for the Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. On the aspens of that land we hung up our harps (Ps 137:1-2). Find today’s readings here. For most of this week, the first readings have followed 2 Kings through various sieges and assaults on Jerusalem. Today’s reading, in “the eleventh year of Zedekiah,” sees Jerusalem fall and the king and his soldiers flee.
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Supreme Court

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By Quang D. Tran, Vincent Rougeau, Sam Sawyer Verified
| America Magazine Verified
Posted inShort Take The debate over the Voting Rights Act shows how the Constitution, famously difficult to amend, has been interpreted to suit those currently in power. Posted inNews The plaintiff alleged that the USCCB promoted the collection as assisting in charitable works, but reports suggested Peter’s Pence funds were invested in part in real estate and Hollywood films.
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A.I. is the headline for ‘Magnifica Humanitas,’ but Catholic social teaching is its spine

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By Sam Sawyer Verified
| America Magazine Verified
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” has generated many headlines because of its focus on artificial intelligence. A reader coming to the document from those headlines would understandably be surprised to find that the first two chapters—out of five total—barely discuss A.I. at all. However, I think that when “Magnifica Humanitas” is quoted and cited by theologians and future popes, as it certainly will be, those first two chapters will be referenced most often.
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